Retail
A new front in grocery wars: Whole Foods acquisition will add fuel to ultracompetitive supermarket sector

The news of Amazon’s $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods Market this summer came with a bit of irony: Many bricks-and-mortar supermarkets in New Jersey and elsewhere had offered online delivery for years, but Whole Foods wasn’t among them. But at the very least, the deal signaled to those other operators that Whole Foods is not to be taken lightly, especially with Amazon’s stated goal of lowering the chain’s notoriously high prices.

Retail
LMC: Chiropractor leases 1,600 sq. ft. in West Orange

A chiropractor has joined the tenant roster at a West Orange shopping center, following a 1,600-square-foot lease arranged by Levin Management Corp.

The Rundown
Newark’s Whole Foods to open next month, report says

Only weeks after a grand opening event at the new Hahne & Co. building in Newark, the Whole Foods store that will anchor the complex is set to open March 1.

Retail
Developers, city officials mark grand reopening of historic Hahne’s building in Newark

It was around 2013 when developers first pitched the idea of creating a dynamic, mixed-use destination at the iconic former Hahne & Co. department store in downtown Newark. But it’s fair to say that, for thousands of city residents, the project was 30 years in the making.

Retail
Report: Barnes & Noble, Rutgers bookstore coming to rehabbed Newark building

With the opening of Newark’s first Whole Foods on the horizon, the developers of the building that will house the grocery store have announced the addition of another national brand.

The Rundown
Report: Whole Foods store in Newark coming by late winter

A new Whole Foods store, the retail centerpiece of a project to revitalize the historic Hahne & Co. building in downtown Newark, is expected to open within just a few months.

Finance & Capital Markets
NAI Hanson brokers Whole Foods building sale in Morristown

A retail property housing a Whole Foods in Morristown is under new ownership, following a sale orchestrated by NAI James E. Hanson.